Quilting while in . . Self Doubt (..it can be my Best Friend.....)

This is because it serves as an indicator of aspiration. It reflects love, love of something we dream of doing, and desire, desire to do it.

If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are.

The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident.

The real artist... is scared to death.

-- Steven Pressfield, from "The War of Art." (quoted this years ago in my blog)

This little Dutch Girl Quilt was given to me (June-2009) by Madene James, here daughter Janice West is sick with cancer. My dearest adopted church mother..... sent a sack of maybe 5 quilts... hand-pieced by her mother. So aged was the fabric, stitches about to melt apart... a little dingy in aging of fabric. Fragile washing. Oversized, any which a way reverse and placement.

I'll have to take the time to resize, redo and make into a completed quilt.

I've Been Blue -- Down and Out in Spirit

But this is my best quote:

U can't always change things.

Sometimes u don't have not control over the way things go. Hail ruins the crop or fire burns u out.

And then you're just given so much to wkr with in a life and u have to do the best u can with what u got.

That's what piecing is . . . The materials is passed on to u or is all u can afford to buy . . . that just what's give to u. Your fate.

But the way u put them together is your business!

Lincoln's Bible - Let's Live By It

Lincoln's Inaugural Bible that President Obama used to make his oath of the Office of the President.

The story behind the Lincoln Bible. With the threat of civil war looming, Lincoln came to Washington in secret because many feared there would be threats on his life, said Jennifer Gavin, a spokeswoman for the Library of Congress.

Because of his quiet arrival in 1861, many of Lincoln's belongings -- including his family Bible -- were still en route from Springfield, Ill., she said. The 1,280-page Bible used by Lincoln was purchased by Supreme Court clerk William Thomas Carroll. The cover bears a shield of gold wash over white metal with the words "Holy Bible." The high court's clerks often provided a Bible for the ceremony.

Alliance for American Quilts SOS

I been asked by Judy Howard to make a statement in a patriotic flag wall hanging for a traveling exhibit--it will most likely reflect our 44th president on it ----- Take a look at this PDF file of the Obama quilts.

The Alliance for American Quilts Presents Quilters’ S.O.S. - Save Our Stories: The Barack Obama Quilt Project. Interviews with quiltmakers who have made quilts inspired by President Barack Obama

I'm interested in collecting

In searchof the Booker T Half Dollar....


I now own the 1991 Impel "U.S. Olympic Hall Of Fame" 90-Card Set. The set includes: Jesse Owens, Mark Spitz, Jim Thorpe, Bob Mathias, Wilma Rudolph, Johnny Weissmuller, Peggy Fleming, Dick Button, Bill Toomey, "SUGAR"Ray
Leonard, Bruce Jenner, Tenley Albright, Scott Hamilton, 1964 U.S. Basketball Team, 1980 U.S. Hockey Team, Wyomia Tyrus, Mary Lou Retton, Debbie Myer, Eric Heiden, and many more.


The 1991 Impel "U.S. Olympic Hall Of Fame" 90-Card Set is in MINT condition. Collectible price $15: I rummaged it for a price of $5.00 @ 10th Street Apple Antique mall (May '09)

Working the Embroidery

into a fabric post card - mailing long distance in a swap group... saving or helping the postal system... anyhow.

Unintentional Strips Become Art

Scraps that I can mindlessly paperpiece into a stack... and walaah..... completed Oct 2008

Me and My Machine . ..

It's a Pfaff - I'm black not german.... so duh if I can't remember the pronunciation.... Kinda aggravates me. Also believe it or not -- its a top line Creative Vision Embroidery unit. I seldom attach it... and I didn't get a color screen. I need a laptop... Thinking about a trade back or down. But then again, my learning curve is down right now. And I'm not a part of a club to learn how-to's.

Still this is my sanctuary.... I will pass by... and think and try to tidy up.... so the world will think well of me. But alas.... I'm strip sewing, and paper pieceing, and appliquing ... so many small pieces for the Art4Mail fabric post card swap....

Paper pieced Tulips & Jewel Scrap Quilt

Quotable

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Miniature art work: fabric postcards rece'd and mailing to network of friends... almost 36 to be exact this month of May 2009!

Camera Still Missin... But gotta post

I'm feeling awfully quilty today.... Thursday is the late part of week, and I need to know that I've accomplished something beside a clean kitchen, laundry and a clean den. I watched a movie last night w/hubby: the light was on my sewing machine???? I'm working on my fabric postcard swap. I have three quilts that need to be quilted longarm by my buddy.

I'm also posting to ETSY.... These finished wall hanging and kid sized quilts were a part of my Harding school display.

Truly Inspired by Harlem Era 1920-30's

This is a Winslow Homer photo downloaded internet. I intend to set aside time to read "Nella Larsen" 3 stories compiled. Oklahoma City Museum (April 09) rece'd a 5 star rating for its Harlem Renaissance. I'm looking for some long lost books and paintings by blacks since learning a variety of names and places. My friend June signed up-and rec'd a free museum gift which included great photos and Larsen book (she gave me the entire package!)